What Chuck Lorre has said about Writers Guild of America

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 20, 2026

Chuck Lorre, Producer of The Big Bang Theory and other sitcoms, has been quoted on Writers Guild of America once in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on October 20, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Lorre said that he moved into primetime television specifically to gain Writers Guild health insurance and residuals, which animation lacked.
“And I desperately wanted to get into the Writers Guild. So the only path of the Writers Guild was to write for primetime”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Big Bang Theory & Two and a Half Men Creator on Signing a Billion-Year Scientology Contract, Why Success Didn’t Cure His Alcoholism, and Surviving the Public Battle with Charlie Sheen | Chuck Lorre (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 49:22

Episodes

Big Bang Theory & Two and a Half Men Creator on Signing a Billion-Year Scientology Contract, Why Success Didn’t Cure His Alcoholism, and Surviving the Public Battle with Charlie Sheen | Chuck Lorre
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown · Oct 20, 2026 · 57 min
Chuck Lorre tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about his childhood addiction, colitis, a decade in Scientology, writing the Ninja Turtles theme, and his route into sitcoms.

Others on Writers Guild of America

Mayim Bialik · 1 quote

Chuck Lorre on other topics

Scientology · 6 quotes
Multi-camera sitcoms · 4 quotes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) · 3 quotes
Addiction and recovery · 3 quotes
Two and a Half Men · 3 quotes
Spirituality · 2 quotes
Roseanne (TV series) · 1 quote
Dharma & Greg · 1 quote